Car and engine replacer.



J. FLYNN.

DAB, AND ENGINE BEPLAGER. urmcnron FILED SEPT. 16, 1908.

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Pdtented June 1,1909.

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J. FLYNN. GAB AND ENGINE BEPLAGER. APPLICATION iILED SEPT. 16, 1908.

Patented June 1; 1909.

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' H LK17 Z3 UNITED STATES PATENT orator JOHN FLYNN, OF LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO GEORGE W. KINDER AND THREE-EIGHTHS TO NEIL MITCHELL, OF STRATHROY, CANADA, AND THREE EIGHTHS TO WALTER D. OHAPPELLE, OF WYOMING, CANADA.

CAR AND ENGINE REPLACER.

Patented June 1, 1909.

Serial No. 453,372.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN FLYNN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of the city of London, in the county of Middlesex, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented a new and useful Car and Engine Replacer, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device by which the wheels of cars are replaced on the rails.

It consists in providing one of the replacers with a ball bearing arranged to carry the car or engine wheel engaging therewith freely in any direction lengthwise of or at any angle to or crosswise of the rail on which it is to be replaced, and also in providing said ball bearing replacer with a combined upwardly and laterally inclined deflecting flange on which the car or engine wheel is simultaneously raised and deflected toward the rail on which it is to be replaced, and in providing the other replacer with a laterally inclined flange and with an upwardly inclined flange and in forming the central portion of the upper face inclined laterally from the laterally inclined flange thereon to the edge of the replacer, and at the same time providing replacing devices on which the car wheels will be easy to raise, that will not slip, that will not collapse, and that will readily, easily, instantly and gently raise and deflect car or engine wheels to and replace them in proper position on the rails, all of which will be hereinafter first fully set forth and described and then pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a car and engine replacer embodying this invention. In this view the portions of the rails in front of the replacing devices are cut away. Fig. 2 is a plan view and Fig. 3 is an end'view of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view on the line 00, m, of Fig. 2.

Further describing my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings; the numeral 1 indicates the rails and 2 the ties of a railroad track.

8 is an outside replacer or a replacing device or body located outside of and adjacent to the railroad rail 1 on one side of the track. 4 is a socket formed in said replacer 3, and 5 is a ball race formed in said replacer 3 below said socket 4, and 6 are small bearing balls which are supported by, held in place and revolve perfectly free in said ball race 5. 7 is a large bearing ball fitted to said socket 4 and adapted to be inserted therein and to rest on and freely revolve in any direction on said small bearing balls 6; 8 is a cap which clasps the large bearing ball 7 a short distance above the center so that it will be impossible for it to be accidentally forced out of the socket 4, and 9 are bolts which rigidly and firmly secure said cap 8 to said replacer 3.

10 is a combined vertically inclined raising and laterally inclined deflecting and supporting flange with which the replacing device 3 is provided, this flange 10 forming a support on which the tread of the car wheel travels upwardly, and being gradually inclined from the ties to a point above the top of the rails. An easy raise for the car wheel on that side of the track is thus provided,

and this replacer 3 is so arranged that when the car wheel passes thereon, the flange of the car wheel will be on the inside of the flange 10 or on the side of said flange adjacent to the rail, and being inclined laterally as well as upwardly toward the rail the car wheel passing thereon is guided and directed toward the rail.

11 is an inside replacer or a replacing device or body located inside of and adjacent to the rail on the opposite side of the track to the replacing device 3. 12 and 13 are flanges provided on the upper face of said replacing device 11, the flange 12 being vertically inclined and parallel with the adjacent rail, and the flange 13 being vertically inclined and laterally inclined toward said rail. And said replacing device 11 is so arranged that when the car wheel passes there on the flange of the car wheel will be between said flanges 12 and 13, and the tread of the car wheel on the flange 12, consequently as the car or engine moves it passes on to and upward on the flange 12, and is guided toward the rail by the flange 13.

14 is the car wheel and 15 is the flange thereof.

16 is a laterally inclined portion of the upper face of the replacer 11 which portion 16 inclines from the laterally inclined flange 13 toward the rail, and the raising flange 12 extends upward on said replacer only to said inclined portion 16 so that when said wheel passes over the upper end of and beyond said flange 12 it passes on to said in clined portion 16 and slides smoothly and gently down said incline 16 on to the rail.

17 are projecting studs with which the underside of the replacing devices 3 and 11 are provided, which studs are projected into the ties 2 to assist in holding said replacing devices firmly in place. 18 are lateral flanges formed on the sides of said replacers and 11 in which spike holes 19 are formed, and spikes not shown, driven through said spike holes 19 into the ties 2 together with the studs 17 sunk therein, rigidly, firmly and curely hold the replacing devices 3 and 11 from accidentally slipping or from being forced out of place.

In actual use it has been found an advantage to provide ball bearing replaccr 8 with flanges 10 inclined from both ends toward the center and the inside replaccr 11 with flanges 12 and 13, inclined from both ends toward the center, all as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, so that the cars may be replaced on the rails when moving in either direction;

. and moveover the upper faces of the replacing devices 3 and 11 may be inclined to correspond with the inclination upward of said flanges.

The operation is as follows: The outside ball bearing replaccr 3 and the inside replacer 11 are placed on the ties adjacent to the car or engine wheels off the track. Both ends of said replacers being similarly formed, it is immaterial in which direction the cars are moved, so that by using replacing devices constructed as described, the car or engine may be replaced on the rails by being backed up or drawn forward, as found most suitable or convenient under the circumstances. After the replacing devices 3 and 11 are properly adjusted and rigidly andfirmly secured in place, the car or engine is moved toward said replacing devices, and the treads of the wheels moved upwardly on the flanges 10 and 12. The flanges 10 and 12 are formed of greater depth than the flanges on the car or engine wheels, and the latter flanges are thus held clear of the upper face of said replacing devices 3 and 11, which arrangement avoids and prevents the narrow flanges of the car or engine wheels from wearing or cutting into or otherwise injuring the upper faces of said replacing devices. The rise or inclination of the flanges 10 and 12 being gradual, the car wheels are easily raised by these devices, and as said wheels travel up on said flanges 10 and 12, the flanges of the car wheels come into contact with the sides of the flanges 10 and 13 and the car wheels are gradually deflected over toward the rails, the car wheels being gradually raised and at the same time gradually defleoted over toward the rails, so that they as well as the car or locomotive are easily raised and deflected toward the rails. The flanges l0 and 12 are so eonstruetml that when the treads of the wheels rest on the highest point of said flanges. the car wheels as well as the flanges thereof will be above and close beside the rails 1, and just after the car wheel on the replaccr 11 passes beyond the end of the flange 12. the ear wheel on the flange 10 engages with the hearing ball 7, and an the latterisadapted loroll in all directions, the wheel may he rolled lengthwise of or at any angle to, and crosswise of the rail simultaneously, which unlimited variation in the movement of said ball '7 on account of the varying positions of the wheels in different derailments, is a great practical advantage in this replaeer over all others, because it makes no difl'erence to what position the ears may be derailed, nor at what angle the wheels ride up on the flanges 10 and 12 or at what angle the wheels engage with the bearing ball 7 in the socket 4-, and there will be no possibility of any binding of said wheels on said replacers because the ball 7 will turn lengthwise of, at any angle to or cross-wise of the rail. According to the impact of the car wheels on said ball 7, this will carry the flange 15 of the wheel which rests on the ball bearing 7, over the rail 1, and the wheel on the other replaccr 11 will slide down on the inclined portion 16 thereof toward the adjacent rail, both. wheels being readily, easily and instantly conducted to and replaced in proper position on the rails.

As the ball bearing 7 rolls lengthwise and crosswise of the rails or at any angle thereto, and as both the replacers and 11 are provided with laterally inclined flanges which. act on the opposite wheels to deflect. the latter to the rails there is no possibility of any binding of the car wheels on the replacer, and the latter therefore, delivers the car wheel quickly, safely and gently on the rails, and provides a car and engine replaccr which is safe, sure and reliable in operation. It is further evident that lower and li hter replacers may be formed in the way above described and used with equal advantage in replacing electric or other street or traction cars on the rails.

Having thus described my invention, lf claim:

1; A car and engine replaccr, comprising a body, an upwardly and laterally inclined flange or flanges formed 011 said body, a socket formed in said body, and a bearing ball held in place and adapted to revolve perfectly free in any direction in said socket in said body.

2. A car and engine replaccr comprising a body, an upwardly and laterally inclined flange or flanges formed on said body, a socket formed in said body, a ball race in said body at the lower side of said socket,-

bearing balls in said ball race, and a bearing ball resting on said bearing balls in said ball race, and adapted to be held in place and to revolve perfectly free in any direction in said socket in said body.

3. A car and engine replacer comprising two car replacing bodies, one of which is provided with an upwardly and laterally inclined flange or flanges, with a socket, and with a bearing ball in said socket, and the other of which is provided with an upwardly and laterally inclined flange or flanges, with a portion of the upper face inclined from said inclined flange to the edge of said face, and an upwardly inclined flange or flanges terminating at said inclined portion of said upper face.

4. A car and engine replacer comprising two car replacing bodies, one of which is,

provided with an upwardly and laterally inclined flange or flanges, with a socket, with a ball race below said socket, with balls in said ball race, and with a bearing ball resting on said balls in said socket, and the other of which is provided with an upwardly and laterally inclined flange or flanges, with a portion of the upper face inclined from said inclined flange to the edge of said face, and an upwardly inclined flange or flanges terminating at said inclined portion of said upper face.

In testimony whereof, I have signed in the presence of the two undersigned witnesses.

JOHN FLYNN. Witnesses:

P. J. EDMUNDs, A. Ln SUEUR. 

